| Title: | [Robinson?], Chulahoma, U.S.A., to William Hunter, Co Tyrone |
|---|---|
| ID | 4010 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1881-90/20 |
| Year | 1890 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Chulahoma, Mississippi, USA |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Hunter, William |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | niece-uncle |
| Source | D1441/19: Presented by Mrs R.J. Spence, The Lodge, Stewartstown, Co Tyrone |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9409433 |
| Date | 01/06/1890 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 22:09:1994. |
| Word Count | 363 |
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| Transcript | Chulahoma Miss [Mississippi?] June Mr Wm [William?] Hunter My Dear Uncle I will try to write you a few lines to tell you how much I thank you for your kind & welcome present I cannot express my gratitude as I would like to do tis [its?] so very kind of you to think of your for [-----?] little fatherless neice you & my dear aunt Ellen are the only ones of my relatives that have been so thoughtful of me and I love you so much for your kindness, the mony [money?] was very acceptable I needed so many things Ma, is very kind & indulgent but she is not able to get many little things that I often need badly, & will not spend my money foolishly for anything that I do not need _ my brothers would supply my wants if they could but they are so poor, & have to work hard, I try to help them all that I can & get up nearly every morning by day-light, cook [much?] & do what I can to assur [assure?] Ma, her health is delicate I enjoy very good health I am growing too fast unless I could be at School, tis [its?] mistifying [mystifying?] to think of being grown, or a young lady, without an education but we are so situated & see no way of improvement we live in a very small village no schools no advantages whether I would be delighted to go to school, the next 2 years I know that Ma will send me if she possibly can we lead a lonely life I have few associates I have a cousin near my age she is almost my only companion a very pretty agreeable girl I often think of you & wish to see you, how pleasant it would be to visit you, and cheer you up in your hour of loneliness & so now I was much grieved to hear of the death of my aunt Ellen. I have the letter that she wrote me 3 years ago will keep it for her sake we so much prize the bow of ribbon & the little book that were our dear aunts |
